http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/ Engadget Comments for LG releasing Windows Mobile 7 phone in September and Android 2.1 in April? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Might be a little too late for Windows mobile now]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
remember, there are tonnes of wm 6.x users itching to upgrade and they will.]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
I dunno. Fashions change and the likes of HTC will build hardware regardless of OS used.

But this is most definitely Microsoft's last chance saloon I think.]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
Yeah because, you know, all of the people that will ever buy a smart phone would have bought one by then, so there will be no one left by September!!!!!

OMG IT'S TOOO LATE!!! How can any OS be available after some arbitrary date ever hope to be used by anyone!!!

Arrrrrrgh!

]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
Ok, so?

3GS was just a faster processor and a digital compass. Outside of that it was the same phone and same OS. Unless you are going to start making up all type of mythical stuff that some 4G phone is going to be able to do in order to pre-subscribe superiority over everyone else, it stands to reason that that device will be...the same phone, slightly faster, maybe a higher res screen, and some gimmick like a solar compass.

Yeah poor Windows Mobile...]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
So a little more than just a faster processor and compass. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 17th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Good thing phones have about a 2 year life on average. The market is always prone to take-over, will complete rollover every couple years. Especially from big players with money to burn on market research and ads.

If you make something that people tell you they want, and then tell them about it when it's done. They will probably buy it from you. At least I hope so. We need to be saved from the never-ending onslaught of worhtless application development, in favor of actual mobile computing advancements. Windows stable core and open integration to 3rd parties is what has allowed so many game-chinging improvements to happen in the PC world. Neither Apple's closed off approach or Linux/Android's open approach are conducive to buisness-minded software development. Apple won't let you inside it's shell and Android creates no assurance that the shell you code against will be there when you're done. Both result in a flood of simple, mindless applications like virtual beer-pong or a guitar simultor. Neither of which is likely to be on the path to improved quality of life, or the development of viable renewable energy uses. Not to downplay entertainment, because I am a fan, but I'd like to think that if I'm going to invest my money in technology, then tech should in turn drive us toward improvements in daily life.

If I forget everything I know about the last 10 years and just looked at the apps that have come out for mobile devices as some sort of insight into the state of the world, I would have to think that our largest global problems were that someone stole all maps and roadsigns, and we were strickened with an over-abundance of free time and couldn't figure out what to do with it. LOL.

It just seems like we should be doing better.]]>Feb 15th 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
But really what they need to do is make a small phone with a game controller case, but built at the same time so with or without it the phone looks nice.]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=12232

the most interesting part - "HTC was involved in the development of Windows Mobile 7"]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
it'll be winCE based.

But that in itself isn't bad... ]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
Nope. Windows Embedded is actually based on XP, until the release of WE 2011 which will be based on Windows 7. It only runs on x86 systems and the primary feature is the ability to deploy customized images to hardware with only the features needed for the job.

That doesn't change the fact that WinCE is a reasonably solid OS.]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/I'd love to upgrade my Touch Diamond.]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/If this works, then it will mean that WinMo7 is a casualty of more powerful processors.

Man do I EVER want this phone. Windows 7 is the best that I have ever used and even a cut down, slow copy on a phone would be just the greatest ever.]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
The 90s and this upcoming decade are when we saw/will see all but the major players die out. For instance OS/2, Commodore 64, Amiga all died out. I'm sure we'll see similar casualties in the mobile space, such as the non-touch screen windows mobile standard, Brew, and some of the big guys. Likely Nokia's symbian won't be able to keep up with the R&D and cash of the larger software companies, such as Google, Apple, and MS. Nokia may just end up deveoping hardware for either Andriod or Windows Mobile like IBM did after OS/2 fell off. I'd say the same thing about RIM, but they have such a large foothold in the businessworld. But maybe as todays teens and 20-somethings enter the workforce, that'll change as the younger generation uderstands that just about all phones do e-mail (RIMS only true advange is the older POV that a BB is a must for email) these days.]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/The market has many differences compared to the PC one. I still believe that 3-4 big players will stay. What we don't know is how successfull they are going to be. Apple cannot dominate in terms of market share, they need to offer a cheap iphone in order to do that.
Microsoft has a much broader spectrum and audience and still sells much more Windows Mobile devices than Apple (worldwide).
Google also needs phones for the masses in order to be successfull.
RIM needs to go beyond email if they want to expand. Palm needs more models and a faster development of the best mobile OS, WebOS.
Nokia has the advantage that they sell phones all over the world and to all kinds of people. They have normal phones and smartphones and they have been for many years successfull. I do not see how they are going to fail.
I am talking about the general mobile industry and not the smartphone space..]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
The HD2 is slim, fast, has a huge screen and built in flash - I don't see anything remotely like it in LG's line up.

The Nexus one is slim, fast has a good sized screen - I don't see anything remotely like it in LG's line up.

The Toshiba TG01 is extremely thin, fast and has a huge screen- I don't see anything remotely like it in LG's line up.

The palm pre is clunky, has a small screen, is cheap but pretty durable - I see plenty of phones like that in the LG line up.

Hardly the sort of hardware I think WM should be debuting on - I think MS would be smart to debut on a cutting edge, sexy phone if they want WM to seem at all elegant.]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Windows Mobile 7 needs to offer the following features in order to be a success:
* New GUI optimized for Multitouch
* New Internet Explorer that will offer at least the same experience as Safari on the iPhone
* A new Mail app that properly renders and display html email.
* Windows Media Player must also become as good as the Zune Player
* A great Foto app must also come
* Integration with Exchange, Sharepoint and OCS
* Microsoft must make its OS updateable independent of hardware. They must also make sure that future updates will also be offered on ALL Windows Mobile 7 devices.
* Microsoft needs its own phone in order to strengthen mark recognition.]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
agree WM7 needs many things for WM to survive. However I will say running WM 6.5 build 2814, WM is about the only OS besides iPhone that meets all of my needs.

I expect Android will meet it shortly but the current Nexus One OS still doesn't natively support Exchange calendar sync, occassionally crashes (although I've had every previous version of WM 6.5 including build 2016 crash so I can't complain - haven't been running 2814 long enough to comment on stability).

My concern is the hardware WM7 will initially be released on. Do you think Android would have made much of a splash if the hardware it was released on was the Pixi? ]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
So, hopefully Sprint will be doing the right thing... the logical thing... by releasing an amazing device to show off 4G. :-/]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/just need a fast WM phone with sliding qwerty and decent camera but can hardly find one.]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/Jan 16th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
I disagree. I think it's great for Windows Mobile 7 if iPhone is released months earlier. It allows plenty of time for:

1. The version of Windows Mobile 6.x announced at CES to utterly fail, and

2. Microsoft's marketing department to re-spin their ad campaign to make it sound like WinMo 7 is in any way similar to iPhone OS 4.0.

So, as always with Microsoft, waiting to see what Apple does is always beneficial. That way they don't waste effort on their own hopeless development projects before they start directly copying Apple.

Big Ass Table, anyone?]]>Jan 16th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lg-releasing-windows-mobile-7-phone-in-september-and-android-2-1/
http://gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2009/4489.htm]]>Jan 18th 2010 7:45AM